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Delfim Peixoto
Delfim de Pádua Peixoto Filho (3 January 1941 – 28 November 2016), known as Delfim Peixoto, was a Brazilian politician and football administrator who died as a result of the crash of LaMia Airlines Flight 2933. At the time of his death he was a vice president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and president of the Federação Catarinense de Futebol (FCF), a position he had held since 1985. Early life and education Delfim Peixoto was born in 1941 in Itajaí in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina. He studied law at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, University of Santa Catarina's law school. While a student, Delfim Peixoto was active in student politics, serving as secretary of the Santa Catarina Union of Students and as a member of the National Union of Students. Delfim Peixoto later lectured in criminal law and legal practice at the Universidade do Vale do Itajaí. Public life As a member of the Brazilian Communist Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Football Confederation
The Brazilian Football Confederation ( pt, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as , and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, separated from other sports associations on 24 September 1979. Between 1914 and 1979 it was the governing body, or at least the international reference, for other olympic sports, such as tennis (until the Brazilian Tennis Confederation, CBT was founded in 1955), Sport of athletics, athletics (until the Brazilian Athletics Confederation, CBAt was founded in 1977), handball (until 1979), Swimming (sport), swimming and waterpolo. It currently has the most win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |